phrohdoh
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7 years ago Part of the idea is definitely to build a UI-based tool similar to SqlPrompt / dbForge / whatever VS bakes in.
The overarching goal of this project is to provide query-writers with human-friendly messages (errors, or [style, perf] warnings), instead of "invalid syntax" (which is often what dbForge throws at me, it even lacks a location!) which I personally would find very helpful.
Rust isn't quite GUI-ready so writing wrappers in other languages (#2) is probably the best way forward for that venture. Perhaps an Electron-based tool would work well to show off / test the library's functionality.
I have not put any effort into building an interface, yet, because the library itself is still so incomplete (mainly: it can only handle valid input).
If you, or anyone else, are interested in working on the project (or just chatting about it) feel free to join me on the #orcaware channel of the freenode IRC network! :-)
Seems like a good candidate to build SQL productivity tool like SqlPrompt & can have build integration. Did you try it or plan to do so?
Closest alternative for SQL AST I've seen is Transact SQL ScriptDom which is comprehensive & from Microsoft but not opensource though.